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jay carney is going to speak right now. standby. let's listen to what they are saying about petraeus now. >> his policy agenda. he has confidence in the acting director in the cia and he has confidence in the military to carry out the various missions that he has asked them to carry out. on specific individuals and matters pertaining to the recent revelations i would refer you to the pentagon and the ig, on the one hand and to the fbi with regards to general petraeus. >> he's not shaking his head saying guys, look, we need a more credible, competent sense of leadership. >> he's not going to make grand pronouncements or decisions about things based on, you know, two situations, two individual cases. he's focused on the missions that the military is tasked with carrying out and the cia, and the general intelligence community is tasked with carrying out and with enacting his overall agenda, which encompasses not just national security policy but obviously domestic policy. yes. reuters, jeff. >> has the president spoken to general allen
jay carney is going to speak right now. standby. let's listen to what they are saying about petraeus now. >> his policy agenda. he has confidence in the acting director in the cia and he has confidence in the military to carry out the various missions that he has asked them to carry out. on specific individuals and matters pertaining to the recent revelations i would refer you to the pentagon and the ig, on the one hand and to the fbi with regards to general petraeus. >> he's not...
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we now go to the white house where jay carney is first beginning to answer questions about this. so let's put our conversation on hold and listen to what he has to say and we'll be right back. >> supreme allied commander europe, pending the investigation of general allen's conduct by the department of defense ig. the president remains focused on supporting our troops and coalition partners in afghanistan who general allen continues to lead as he has done so ably over a year. the president has nominated general doneford to be the next commander of isaf and reiterates his belief the senate should act to confirm general dunford. his hearings are this week. >> is it accurate to say the president still has full faith in general allen? >> he has full faith in general allen, believes he is doing and has done an excellent job at isaf and refer you to the pentagon for the process under way for general allen. >> just to kind a take a step back, only a week since election day as you know, and we've seen the cia director resign under pressure and disgrace over the scandal and now see the lea
we now go to the white house where jay carney is first beginning to answer questions about this. so let's put our conversation on hold and listen to what he has to say and we'll be right back. >> supreme allied commander europe, pending the investigation of general allen's conduct by the department of defense ig. the president remains focused on supporting our troops and coalition partners in afghanistan who general allen continues to lead as he has done so ably over a year. the president...
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. >> that was white house spokesman jay carney and former army vice chief of staff peter tee ellie. jill kelley also received threatening letters from paula broadwell. now a 911 call is coming to light of kelley telling dispatchers saying she needed diplomatic protection. as the scandal widens, broadwell is holing herself up in the home of her brother near rock creek park. a jogger found broadwell's lost driver's license in the park and turned into the police. more bill is right after the break. stay with us. we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of de
. >> that was white house spokesman jay carney and former army vice chief of staff peter tee ellie. jill kelley also received threatening letters from paula broadwell. now a 911 call is coming to light of kelley telling dispatchers saying she needed diplomatic protection. as the scandal widens, broadwell is holing herself up in the home of her brother near rock creek park. a jogger found broadwell's lost driver's license in the park and turned into the police. more bill is right after the...
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here's more on how aural of this came about today with jay carney giving a readout following the session that took place at the noon hour the a the white house. >> talk about the atmospherics of today's meeting. and also, did speaker boehner's comments yesterday about the debt ceiling change the tone or the meeting? >> well, the president had lunch with the leaders alone. i was not in there, no staff was in there. i spoke with the president afterwards. my sense is that the tone was congenial, the discussion was productive, the sandwiches were delicious and that while the topic was raised and discussed, there was no other issue associated with -- or no problem associated with speaker boehner's ares yesterday. >> what portion of the meeting was taken up by that. >> i think my readout of the meeting and the percentage of sometime spent on the various topics is a fair representation of the percentages of the meeting and how they broke down. >> but the president did call the meeting to talk about his to-do list. >> they spent some time talking about that and the fact that -- and i think this
here's more on how aural of this came about today with jay carney giving a readout following the session that took place at the noon hour the a the white house. >> talk about the atmospherics of today's meeting. and also, did speaker boehner's comments yesterday about the debt ceiling change the tone or the meeting? >> well, the president had lunch with the leaders alone. i was not in there, no staff was in there. i spoke with the president afterwards. my sense is that the tone was...
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they have pom poms in their hands when they see jay carney or the president. clearly not believe the fact that since the summer the attorney general had this information and not once did he take it to the president. this deals with two men at the highest levels of our government in both intelligence and military community. there is president obama way to believe that someone in the white house didn't know about that. >> brian: i understand the president gets briefed regularly by robert muller. how did that not come up, by the way, we're investigating the c.i.a. director? >> now we've got the intelligence apparatus investigating itself. there is one of two things happening. either there is a complete break down in respect and communication with the white house and nobody is talking to anybody else, or, in fact, this is also a lie, leading up to the election, there are a lots of things hidden. we know that the administration lied about benghazi effectively. we know they didn't tell us about iran shooting at a drone a week out before the election. we know that th
they have pom poms in their hands when they see jay carney or the president. clearly not believe the fact that since the summer the attorney general had this information and not once did he take it to the president. this deals with two men at the highest levels of our government in both intelligence and military community. there is president obama way to believe that someone in the white house didn't know about that. >> brian: i understand the president gets briefed regularly by robert...
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because jay carney is right. but on this one, he's -- he looks wishy washy. >> the gay community should back off of the president on this. they shouldn't make it a campaign issue. it hurts us when he does that. >> i have talked to pollsters and they said if the president comes at this -- using his christian values from an honest place, which he is likely to he could win this. he could say as a christian, i have considered this. and totally take the teeth out of this issue. >> it's a fascinating issue in this election. this president has been moan to make risky speeches on risky topics as well. but they also came without a campaign ad focused on the economy. take a listen. >> if we're not there yet. it's still too hard for too many, but we're coming back, because america's greatness comes from a strong middle class, because you don't quit, and neither does he? >> do you think that's the right message? >> absolutely. the republicans have no comeback to that message. >> well except for you are not better off than yo
because jay carney is right. but on this one, he's -- he looks wishy washy. >> the gay community should back off of the president on this. they shouldn't make it a campaign issue. it hurts us when he does that. >> i have talked to pollsters and they said if the president comes at this -- using his christian values from an honest place, which he is likely to he could win this. he could say as a christian, i have considered this. and totally take the teeth out of this issue. >>...
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. >> moments ago, jay carney refused to comment on any change in the personal views on marriage equality but said this about the vice presidents. >> i have no update on the president's personal views. what the vice president said yesterday was to make the same point that the president has made previously. the committed and loving same sex couples deserve the same rights and protections enjoyed by all americans. >> nbc news correspondent kristen welker joins me live from the white house. they're definitely walking a fine dance around this one. what the vice president came out and i believe authentically said over the week, at least his feelings about what he views for marriage equality. now the white house seems to be doing its best job at trying to keep itself in the conversation but respectfully so when it comes to its politics. >> reporter: absolutely. the white house taking the tactic that, look, there is not a lot of daylight between what the vice president said and the president has said in the past. interestingly, thomas, what the obama campaign is trying to do is to sort of shift
. >> moments ago, jay carney refused to comment on any change in the personal views on marriage equality but said this about the vice presidents. >> i have no update on the president's personal views. what the vice president said yesterday was to make the same point that the president has made previously. the committed and loving same sex couples deserve the same rights and protections enjoyed by all americans. >> nbc news correspondent kristen welker joins me live from the...
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>> well, i certainly think wouldn't call it welcome. >> that was jay carney today, trying to explain how the president feels about the mess that is the petraeus affair. in the spotlight tonight, another day, another four star general investigated. this time it is general john allen who took over as commander of the u.s. forces in afghanistan and petraeus became director of the cia. in october, allen was also nominated by the president to be the supreme allied commander in europe, but the white house put that nomination on hold after it found out that allen is currently being investigated by the defense department for sending potentially inappropriate and flirtatious e-mails to jill kelley, the same jill kelley who received questionable e-mails from paula broadwell. the fbi's investigation into those e-mails eventually revealed broadwell's affair with general petraeus which eventually led to petraeus' resignation. remember her fbi friend that started the investigation? turns out he was also the person who called house majority leader eric cantor and told him what he knew. one more cha
>> well, i certainly think wouldn't call it welcome. >> that was jay carney today, trying to explain how the president feels about the mess that is the petraeus affair. in the spotlight tonight, another day, another four star general investigated. this time it is general john allen who took over as commander of the u.s. forces in afghanistan and petraeus became director of the cia. in october, allen was also nominated by the president to be the supreme allied commander in europe,...
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white house press secretary jay carney sort of talking about this. i asked about the timing of this seizure that the commerce department said the secretary had in relation to the accident. all they have said is he was involved in accidents and there was a seizure. here is what jay carney said. >> what was the timing of the seizure in relation to the accident? >> i'll refer you to the department of commerce for details. >> i've been asking for hours. >> i don't have the details for you. >> can you explain why there seems to be a -- it seems to congress department is saying he was involved in accidents and had a seizure but there's nothing connecting the dots and it's really an important point. >> as i pointed out, the commerce secretary was alone. he had a seizure. he was involved in an accident. i would refer you to the commerce department for more details. those circumstances speak to some of the difficulty in getting details, but beyond that, i don't know. >> does it seem it's causal? >> i'm certainly not a doctor. i was not a presiding doctor on t
white house press secretary jay carney sort of talking about this. i asked about the timing of this seizure that the commerce department said the secretary had in relation to the accident. all they have said is he was involved in accidents and there was a seizure. here is what jay carney said. >> what was the timing of the seizure in relation to the accident? >> i'll refer you to the department of commerce for details. >> i've been asking for hours. >> i don't have the...
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we have a good working relationship with the department of state, but when jay carney the white house spokesman says that this white house has been cooperating with congress all along on benghazi, that is an out and out lie. what we've seen from this administration and the state department is cover-up and deception. that is why we would not just a private hearing we're going to have friday, we want an open hearing because the american public deserves it. secretary clinton, i am optimistic will meet our requests and be appearing before us. >> judge jeanine: i have to wrap right here. congressman, have you seen court-martials for adultery? >> i don't see it. article 134 allows for that and general petraeus has probably signed the orders from military judges for your officers throughout his career. it's possible. we technically would have jurisdiction over him. i don't see them reaching back and pulling him to charge him with adultery at this point. it's something we have good order for discipline and conduct becoming an officer in the military. i don't see it happening. >> judge jeanine
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the president is committed to that as well. >> jennifer: jay carney and harry reid both echoed his comments calling for raising taxes on the wealthiest to spare the middle class. that, of course, is the same position that helped get the president re-elected but senate minority leader mitch mcconnell surprised no one by disputing the idea that any mandate exists on this issue saying "if the president truly realizes that he was elected to represent all of its citizens, not just the ones who voted to give him a second term last tuesday, then he will seek the common ground he avoided so strenuously in his first term." paul ryan went even further on a local wisconsin television station last night. he said that the american people had not rejected his budget ideas and that, in fact, it was just a certain group of voters that cost him the election. >> i don't think we lost it on the budget issues. i think people, especially on medicare, we clearly didn't lose it on those issues. i think the surprise was some of the turnout. some of the turnout especially in urban areas which definitely gave presid
the president is committed to that as well. >> jennifer: jay carney and harry reid both echoed his comments calling for raising taxes on the wealthiest to spare the middle class. that, of course, is the same position that helped get the president re-elected but senate minority leader mitch mcconnell surprised no one by disputing the idea that any mandate exists on this issue saying "if the president truly realizes that he was elected to represent all of its citizens, not just the...
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our video library, and we'll leave it at that with white house press secretary jay carney. this is "washington today" on c-span radio. >>> in other news on wall street the dow fell 11, nasdaq was up 11 and s&p was up 1. the number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to a level signalling a steadily improving jock market. figures come one day before the government is expected to report the january was a solid month for hiring. unemployment applications fell 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 367,000 according to the labor department. economists expect the january employment report to show employers added 155,000 jobs last month. that unemployment remained at 8.5%. the obama administration is taking steps to make fees in 401(k) plans more transparent. the treasury department and department of labor each set forth new rules on proposed regulations applying to 401(k) plans. treasury's regulations would make it easier for people with plans to receive part of their fund as an annuity. such plans can be a useful option. people may out live their savings or fearful,
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white house press secretary jay carney said that president obama plans to open negotiations by calling for 1$1.6 trillion in additional tax revenue, far more than republicans are open to, willing to accept and double the amount that speaker boehner offered the president during the debt negotiations last year. also during these closed door meetings yesterday with labor leaders, the president reportedly vowed that he would, quote, not budge when it comes to letting the bush tax cuts expire for the country's highest earners. do you think, though, with all that being said that there will be a compromise to be made? i mean the president is taking a hard line here. >> well, yes, the president certainly is taking a very hard line and that's because in this campaign, one of the things that we all discovered was the american people want everybody to pay their fair share of taxes, that message came through loud and clear. and so he has a mandate to take that kind of position. i do know, however, that he's anxious to work with the opposite side of the aisle so that we could come to some kind of c
white house press secretary jay carney said that president obama plans to open negotiations by calling for 1$1.6 trillion in additional tax revenue, far more than republicans are open to, willing to accept and double the amount that speaker boehner offered the president during the debt negotiations last year. also during these closed door meetings yesterday with labor leaders, the president reportedly vowed that he would, quote, not budge when it comes to letting the bush tax cuts expire for...
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jay carney is starting the daily briefing today. we'll perhaps get more insight on where the president stands and on the developing news with david petraeus. let's listen. >> welcome back to the white house briefing room. it's a pleasure to be back. we haven't done this too often of late since we've all been traveling. i want to thank all of you who traveled with us over the past several weeks and months. i know that it was sometimes grueling, i'm sure ever fascinating and certainly part of what is is a remarkable process. it was just a reminder of the greatness of the country in which we live. before i take your questions, let me give you this announcement. next thursday the president will travel to new york to review recovery efforts, meet with affected families and local officials, and thank brave first responders who have worked tirelessly to protect communities following hurricane sandy. more details about the trip will be announced when they're available. >> that's new york city or new york area? >> new york area. earlier toda
jay carney is starting the daily briefing today. we'll perhaps get more insight on where the president stands and on the developing news with david petraeus. let's listen. >> welcome back to the white house briefing room. it's a pleasure to be back. we haven't done this too often of late since we've all been traveling. i want to thank all of you who traveled with us over the past several weeks and months. i know that it was sometimes grueling, i'm sure ever fascinating and certainly part...
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i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of dollars in ads trying to get romney elected. >>> and a new movie about abraham lincoln hits theatres this weekend. what three things president obama can learn from abe. good. now build a time machine. go here, find someone who can build a futuristic dash board display. bring future guy back. watch him build a tft display like nothing you've ever seen. get him to explain exactly what that is. the thin film transistor display... [ male announcer ] mmm, maybe not. just show it. customize the dash, give it park assist. the fuel efficiency flower thing. send future guy home, h
i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of...
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i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of dollars in ads trying to get romney elected. has rove lost his touch or not? >>> and a new movie about abraham lincoln hits theatres this weekend. what three things president obama can learn from abe. let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. mmm i can still see you. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and sup
i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of...
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well the obama administration knows the value of that flexibility, and today spokesman jay carney defended it and rips into mitt romney. take a listen. >> this advertisement is categoryically false and it is blatantly dishonest. this administration's policy will strengthen the program by giving states the opportunity to employ more effective ways to help people get off welfare and into a job. it is also worth remembering that this waiver policy that we're discussing was specifically requested by two republican governors governorrer herbert of utah, and governor sandoval of nevada. two men who i think you know are supporters of governor romney. >> jennifer: so, you get that? mitt romney is lying about this now in his ad, the truth is republicans have been actually behind flexibility and waivers for years. even president ronald reagan who coins that phrase "welfare queen" he endorsed flexibility on the state level back in 1987. take a listen. >> the national governor's association met last weekend in michigan. they gave substantial support to our glance to give them greater flexibility and t
well the obama administration knows the value of that flexibility, and today spokesman jay carney defended it and rips into mitt romney. take a listen. >> this advertisement is categoryically false and it is blatantly dishonest. this administration's policy will strengthen the program by giving states the opportunity to employ more effective ways to help people get off welfare and into a job. it is also worth remembering that this waiver policy that we're discussing was specifically...
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. >> hours later, white house press secretary jay carney faced repeated questions about the president's position. all carney would say is that the president is against a proposal on the north carolina ballot tomorrow which would make gay marriage and civil unions unconstitutional in that state. >> help me out, he opposed bans on gay marriage, but he doesn't support gay marriage? >> the record is clear that the president has long opposed divisive and diskrm nnatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same-sex couples. that is a position he's taken that precedes his taking a position in north carolina. it's a position he's taken in other states where this has been an issue. >> you know, we should point out, brian, that the country is, if you will, evolving on this issue to borrow a phrase from the president. in 2009 when we polled on this issue on same-sex marriage, nearly 50% said they were opposed to it, only 41% supported it. just a couple months ago in march, we asked again. 49% said they supported gay marriage. just 40% opposed. you see that shift in public opinion, brian. >> chuc
. >> hours later, white house press secretary jay carney faced repeated questions about the president's position. all carney would say is that the president is against a proposal on the north carolina ballot tomorrow which would make gay marriage and civil unions unconstitutional in that state. >> help me out, he opposed bans on gay marriage, but he doesn't support gay marriage? >> the record is clear that the president has long opposed divisive and diskrm nnatory efforts to...
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will what do you make of what jay carney said there? >> it doesn't make any sense. i think he sent a letter to the attorney general. who heatwole, if anyone, why he didn't tell the president -- to me it is absolutely essential. i agree with attorney gonzÁlez. this is involved in the scope of the criminal investigation that has to be brought to the attention of the president. because the cia director, especially this one, was such an integral part of the president's team representing our government and the sensitive negotiations in various countries and groups around the world. the president would've had to have been told that if eric holder didn't tell him, it was a duty on his part. if you told anyone in the white house and they didn't act on it, then that would certainly an abdication of their responsibility. martha: senator ben feinstein yesterday of the intel committee, she said she can't understand why the committee of the house and senate would not have been a breach of security. where is this going to go in terms of accountability from here? >> let me just b
will what do you make of what jay carney said there? >> it doesn't make any sense. i think he sent a letter to the attorney general. who heatwole, if anyone, why he didn't tell the president -- to me it is absolutely essential. i agree with attorney gonzÁlez. this is involved in the scope of the criminal investigation that has to be brought to the attention of the president. because the cia director, especially this one, was such an integral part of the president's team representing our...
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>> the media decides the context and says that jay carney was unhappy with the definition of it. but i don't know whether the reporters ate their spinach or what's going on, but they were acting like reporters, what they're supposed to be doing, asking the tough questions and poor mr. carney just came in for it this weekend. >> the president when he made the private sector doing fine remark, he it was described as a gaffe and in fact, he even seemed to say the clip he played at the top of the program, is that kind of an easy out for what it was, and what he meant? >> well, that's the question. the question is, was it a gaffe where he just meant to say as compared to the private, the public sector, it's doing fine, or is this actually what president obama thinks about the economy? and so it's depending where you're sitting, you might have a different perspective on that. whenever a politician makes a gaff, they're saying the context, the context, the context, but, look, it's not the media's job to clean up his mess. so the idea that they are he' being told, you know, why aren't ar
>> the media decides the context and says that jay carney was unhappy with the definition of it. but i don't know whether the reporters ate their spinach or what's going on, but they were acting like reporters, what they're supposed to be doing, asking the tough questions and poor mr. carney just came in for it this weekend. >> the president when he made the private sector doing fine remark, he it was described as a gaffe and in fact, he even seemed to say the clip he played at the...
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. >> woodruff: later, presidential spokesman jay carney said mr. obama would veto any bill that extended tax cuts for families earning $250,000 a year or more. earlier in the day, house speaker john boehner staked out his position on the same subject. >> you know, on wednesday, i outlined a responsible path forward to avert the fiscal cliff without raising tax rates. about 24 hours after i spoke, the congressional budget office released a report showing that the most harmful consequences of the fiscal cliff come from increasing tax rates. according to ernst & young, raising the top rates would dtroyearl700,0 jobs in our country. the members of our majority understand how important it is to avert the fiscal cliff. that's why the house took action earlier this year to replace the sequester with other types of cuts, and it's also why, over the summer, we passed a bill to extend all of the current tax rates for one year so that we had time to overhaul our tax code. and it's why i outlined a responsible path forward where we can replace the spending cut
. >> woodruff: later, presidential spokesman jay carney said mr. obama would veto any bill that extended tax cuts for families earning $250,000 a year or more. earlier in the day, house speaker john boehner staked out his position on the same subject. >> you know, on wednesday, i outlined a responsible path forward to avert the fiscal cliff without raising tax rates. about 24 hours after i spoke, the congressional budget office released a report showing that the most harmful...
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carney he said that the president did not find out about the affair until wednesday the day after the election so it's just so interesting to think how things might have been different not necessarily a different outcome of the election but certainly different things being talked about by the media again. i think that it's fair to say that some really big questions are not being asked here as they're getting sort of mixed up in these you know democrats that republicans said. the feeling again just that there's a lot of missing pieces here and they may be pieces that really have some connecting information it's just sort of my hunch here that what's come out has not been all that significant or at least all that new in terms of sort of unraveling exactly what happened with these attacks in benghazi we do know the narrative keeps changing and that the benghazi attack that this story is not over yet are to corresponding christine for us out thank you for your reporting. all right well we are just one week away from an angel holiday here in the u.s. but before families sit down at the din
carney he said that the president did not find out about the affair until wednesday the day after the election so it's just so interesting to think how things might have been different not necessarily a different outcome of the election but certainly different things being talked about by the media again. i think that it's fair to say that some really big questions are not being asked here as they're getting sort of mixed up in these you know democrats that republicans said. the feeling again...
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insisting the president re-election was not a mandate for a tax increase, white house press secretary jay carney made clear it was a death sentence for the bush administration upper income tax cut. >> the president will not sign a bill that extent tax cuts for the top 2%. extension of the bush era tax cut. >> carney left open the prospect of tax reform though it's unlikely congress has time for that a month-and-a-half before the deadline for deficit reduction plan to avoid tax hikes and spending cuts that could trigger a recession. on capitol hill, the reaction from house budget committee chairman paul ryan. ryan said the treasury department announced the deficit for october, suggesting that 2013 would be the fifth straight trillion-dollar deficit. mitch mcconnell says higher taxes won't solve that problem. >> this is partisan politics. this is not an option. raising tax rates would destroy 700,000 jobs >> reporter: on this day, the president met with labor and progressive leaders since the day after his re-election that he opposed cuts to medicare and social security benefits. >> the pre
insisting the president re-election was not a mandate for a tax increase, white house press secretary jay carney made clear it was a death sentence for the bush administration upper income tax cut. >> the president will not sign a bill that extent tax cuts for the top 2%. extension of the bush era tax cut. >> carney left open the prospect of tax reform though it's unlikely congress has time for that a month-and-a-half before the deadline for deficit reduction plan to avoid tax hikes...
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jay carney yesterday said president obama doesn't stand with the union workers and the teachers. he stands with the kids and the students. >> andrea: his silence tells me he stands for the unions. his principal concern is not the union. it's getting re-elected. it's the same message. the teachers want to keep their job and they want raises and they don't want to be graded by any standardize test. their record. we have a president who wants to keep his job and forget a raise, but he doesn't want to be graded on his record. it's the same theme. every day this is on the cover of the paper the worse it gets for him. even if i'm a teacher in albany new york and making $44,000 a year, i'm not happy about what is going on. i am even more unhappy if i'm unemployed out there. his demographic gets more a more raises and no accountability. >> greg: we know what the white house is concerned with, the food in the school cafeteria. i look at this stuff going on and i'm like what is more frightening, hot dog in a cafeteria? or constantly entitled angry teacher. those guys go back in the school
jay carney yesterday said president obama doesn't stand with the union workers and the teachers. he stands with the kids and the students. >> andrea: his silence tells me he stands for the unions. his principal concern is not the union. it's getting re-elected. it's the same message. the teachers want to keep their job and they want raises and they don't want to be graded by any standardize test. their record. we have a president who wants to keep his job and forget a raise, but he...
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jay carney is reiterating that democratic talking point. it's the yin and y rachlt ng of these discussions. both sides need to negotiate. and they have to stake out their positions and this is one for the democrats. >> a lot of people look at this and say, it violates the spirit of what a lot of folks need to happen, which is to reform entitlements. i understand medicare say bigger problem than social security but it's all part of the same discussion in the end. >> yes, exactly it is. look, social security is not solvent over 75-year window. it's solvent for a reasonably short period of time but it needs more money to pay the benefits it's promised. either benefits have to be cut or revenue has to be increased. whatever -- however they describe the tract that negotiation is on, it is part of the long-term entitlement challenge washington and congress has to solve. >> all right. see if we could really be worried about them talking about taking it off the table. >>> fears of the fiscal cliff we're talking about right now, weak demand dragging
jay carney is reiterating that democratic talking point. it's the yin and y rachlt ng of these discussions. both sides need to negotiate. and they have to stake out their positions and this is one for the democrats. >> a lot of people look at this and say, it violates the spirit of what a lot of folks need to happen, which is to reform entitlements. i understand medicare say bigger problem than social security but it's all part of the same discussion in the end. >> yes, exactly it...
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here's how white house press secretary jay carney answer that had question a few moments ago. >> the president was asked this and said his views, his personal views on this were evolving. the president does have, as you noted, significant support in the lgbt community and that's because of his unparalleled record in support of lgbt rights. >> now, a lot of analysts believe that if president obama does win a second term, that he will come out in support of same sex marriage during his second term. they believe he doesn't want to go that far during his reelection year. in part because he might see a back lash in swing states like virginia, like ohio, north carolina. so that is what a lot of analysts are saying right now. interestingly, thomas, i looked back at a recent nbc news "wall street journal" poll which showed that 49% of voters now support same sex marriage and 40% are opposed to it. so according to that latest poll, the majority of voters are in support of same sex marriage. so it is certainly a topic that will continue to be discussed this election year. >> thanks so much. jo
here's how white house press secretary jay carney answer that had question a few moments ago. >> the president was asked this and said his views, his personal views on this were evolving. the president does have, as you noted, significant support in the lgbt community and that's because of his unparalleled record in support of lgbt rights. >> now, a lot of analysts believe that if president obama does win a second term, that he will come out in support of same sex marriage during...